Marco Rubio

Without question, religious freedom is under assault in China. Irrespective of belief, the government's oppression knows no bounds.

But we must ask whether this summit should even take place. There are many issues in the U.S.-China relationship that need attention, but does President Xi--given his 'bold disregard' for human rights and his brutal suppression of…

I am very honored to be here today and I wish to express my profound appreciation to Representative Chris Smith and Senator Marco Rubio for inviting me to testify.

I also would urge Congress, both the House and Senate, to seriously pass the Global Magnitsky Act and the other Human Rights Protection Act sponsored by Congressman Smith.

I think it is one we need to continue to focus on and ensure that this country's foreign policy is one deeply and firmly anchored in moral clarity and human rights.

We have all watched over the last two weeks as the Chinese Communist Party and its authorities have launched an unprecedented crackdown on human rights lawyers, on activists...

I think this hearing today is timely, and in particular the focus on religious liberties...

It is not just absurd, it is offensive. It is ridiculous. And I do think it is disqualifier as commander-in-chief.

If anything, the situation in Malaysia has grown worse. Malaysia has earned its place on Tier 3.

Corruption is a huge problem in Haiti, both the perception and reality of corruption are very high in Haiti.

Because the Venezuelan Government, the current government there, is not very good at free and fair elections.

As that drawdown continues to happen, do you believe at this point the Haitian National Police will be able to provide internal security without the continuing same level of assistance from the United Nations?

Again, there need to be more prosecutions on this, as Senator Boxer has suggested.

But it still happens far too often.

Is there not something we can do to explain to parents--number one, giving them options not to have to do that.

Since you were named the Haiti special coordinator in 2010, Haiti has begun to recover from that catastrophic earthquake.

Earlier this year, Senator Shaheen and I authored the Girls Count Act, which directs current U.S. foreign aid to assist with providing birth certificates in developing countries.

Just last month, ProPublica's investigation revealed that the Red Cross built exactly six homes in Haiti with nearly $0.5 billion.

I believe Haiti is of vital interest to Florida, to the United States, and to the entire Western Hemisphere.

President Xi wants a 'new type' of relationship with the U.S, but continues to pursue repressive policies...

Marco Rubio's comments are not just offensive and inaccurate, but also divisive.

As a matter of fact, VA has a history of rewarding mediocrity and failure.

What happens when VA fails to properly manage its massive and growing budget? It just gets rewarded with more money.

For a long time, mediocrity and failure has been rewarded at VA, and it, in many ways goes back to Congress, as well.

If we keep rewarding failure--if we keep just spending another $3 billion here and $3 billion there--we can only expect more failure.